TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1984
MAJOR PRIVATE PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDE THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, EXCHANGE SQUARE AND THE HONG KONG BANK BUILDING.
HE SAID THAT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THERE HAD BEEN A SMALL BUT STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PLAN SUBMISSIONS TO THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE.
IN HIS VIEW, THE INCREASE WAS A CLEAR INDICATION OF AN EARLY REK INDLING OF INTEREST IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
ON CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY, MR SHORT EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO ASSOCIATION MEMBERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN TRYING TO MAKE CONSTRUCTION SITES SAFER PLACES ON WHICH TO WORK.
+THE EFFORTS OF YOUR MEMBERS ARE REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS WHICH HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL WITH THE RESULT THAT THE NUMBER OF WORKERS KILLED AND INJURED
IN 1983 WAS LESS THAN THE FIGURES FOR 1981 AND 1982, + MR SHORT SAID.
AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE DRAFT SAFETY OFFICER REGULATIONS ARE BEING PREPARED.
THESE REGULATIONS MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTED THE VIEWS OF THE ASSOCIATION, AND A COMMON ACCORD WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON HOW BEST TO TACKLE THE PROBLEMS OF SITE SAFETY HAD BEEN REACHED, MR SHORT SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THIS TYPE OF CONSULTATION AS IT WAS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF SOLICITING THE VIEWS OF THE INDUSTRY.
IN PARTICULAR HE THANKED THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ITS SUB-COMMITTEES.
THE IR VIEWS WERE ALWAYS GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND WOULD PLAY A LARGE PART IN FORMULATING POLICY FOR THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
FACTOR IES PROVIDE 869 300 JOBS IN MARCH
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THERE WERE 869 30D PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN MARCH THIS YEAR, AND THIS WAS 2.4 PER CENT MORE THAN THE MARCH 1983 FIGURE OF 848 700, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND THE RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR EMPLOYED 533 100 PERSONS, OR 3.1 PER CENT MORE THAN THE 517 200 FOR MARCH 1983.
EMPLOYMENT IN